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US 2020/0205342 A1Published application
Combine including feeder house drum having a sweep assembly and method of harvesting
OwnerBrian G. Robertsoninventor
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A harvesting combine having a feeder house drum assembly is provided herein, wherein the feeder house drum may include a sweep assembly that provides sufficient grasp upon the crops without having a damaging effect, wherein the crop throughput is improved while reducing damage to the crop. Coupling to receive the crop bearing grain from a conveyor, the sweep assembly may comprise either a panel or brush assembly coupled to a respective one of a plurality of paddle anchors that couple to the feeder house drum. In particular, each brush assembly may include at least one row of finger members coupled to a brush base, wherein the finger members may be arranged in tufts and received in stepped openings through the brush base. The finger members may include at least one row of straight or curved brush bristles; or at least one row of curved elongated fingers.
A combine for harvesting a crop bearing grain, the combine comprising:
A feeder house drum in a harvesting machine such as a combine, the feeder house drum comprising:
A method of processing of crop material through a combine feeder house having a transverse mounted drum mounted on a shaft at a front thereof and one or more drive sprockets at a rear thereof with one or more chains positioned around and rotating around the transverse mounted drum and one or more drive sprockets, with one or more chain slats positioned parallel to the transverse drum, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.